German Troops Cross Frontier To Czechs
Berlin reports the first German unit crossed the Czechoslovak frontier near Aigen in upper Austria marking the start of occupation under the Munich accord. The vanguard moved shortly after 1 am to seize border posts behind the frontier as preparations for main forces continue.
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Berlin
Aigen
Upper Austria
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Brunswick High School Pupil Reported Missing
Edgar C. Viris Jr., 15, a Brunswick High junior, left school Wednesday morning after attending one class and has not been seen since. His parents notified authorities Thursday as a wide search began. he was lightly dressed, wearing a blue shirt, no coat, tan trousers with brown stripes, and black shoes, carrying only a pocket watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Viris, Jr
Fanar
Viri
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
The architect likened the Eiffel Tower to the lowest point in architecture. The Champ de Mars park in Paris hosts the tower, opened in 1898. Fossil teases hint that elephants once existed in North America though now extinct.
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Champ de Mars
Paris
North America
War Chief Rebukes Moseley For Disloyal Statement
Secretary of War Woodring sharply rebuked Major-General George Van Horn Moseley for assailing the federal government and the commander in chief. Moseley retired after 43 years and accused the government of decay while seeking the chief of staff post. Woodring called the remarks flagrantly disloyal and linked them to Moseley’s disappointed ambitions. General Malin Craig was named chief of staff by Roosevelt in 1935.
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Washington
Woodring
George van Horn Moseley
Moseley
Third Army
Atlanta
Rome
Malin Craig
Roosevelt
Craig
Four-Pound Sweet Potato Exhibit At News-Post Show
A four-pound sweet potato grown by Mrs William Gross near Feaga ville was exhibited at the News-Post on Friday afternoon. The Gross potato patch was reported as highly productive this season.
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William Gross
Feagaville
News- Post
White Arsenic Found In Hagerstown Pon Haus
In Hagerstown Maryland on Sunday enough white arsenic to kill 400 was found in pon haus breakfast food that sickened 76. The U S Health Service analyzed scraps from four storekeepers to trace supply while PC Peters and police investigate deliberate or accidental contamination. Nine grains per pound were reported and several patients remain under care though fatalities were averted by rapid treatment. A Holstein cow in Greensboro North Carolina yielded 100371 pounds of milk and 4227 pounds of butterfat over ten years.
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Hagerstown
William Peters
U.S Health Service
Carl McCleary
Peters
Ponhaus
Greensboro
N. C
Chamberlain Returns to England After Munich Pact
Crowds cheer at Heston Airport as Neville Chamberlain arrives from Munich where he helped draft a plan ceding Czechoslovakia to Germany and signed a no more war pledge with Adolf Hitler. The radwx photo shows Chamberlain waving the treaty with Hitler's signature.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Minster Chamberlain
Great Britain
Heston Airport
England
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Hitler
O Conor forces report expenditures in Frederick county
Expenditures of 1512 dollars by the O Conor For Governor committee in Frederick county were filed by Francis Perrott. The ledger shows 1368.95 spent on polls and cars in about 39 precincts, with unpaid bills totaling 123 and a final balance of 47.56. Other candidates listed varied amounts including Derr 59.44, Keilholtz 65.53, Gregory 48.25, Hiliner 67.29, Grove 95.60.
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Frederick County
Herbert R. O'Conor
Francis Perrott
O'Conor
Howard W. Jackson
Petroit
Mr. Perrott
Manuel M. Weinberg
Willam B. Bennett
J. B McCreran
A. H. Derr
Luther H. Keilholtz
C W. Gregory
Orphans Court
Roy M. Hiliner
John W. Grove
Salvage Firm Formed To Seek Grosvenor Wreck Loot
Johannesburg reports a new company formed to salvage the Grosvenor wrecked near Port St John in 1798. It is believed the ship carried a vast cargo including salt, silver bars, gems and precious stones valued at 25 million dollars.
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HUNT
Johannesburg
Grosvenor
Port St. John
St Anthony's Robbery Case Dropped on Stet Docket
The 1936 hold up at St Anthony's near Emmitsburg left cash and jewelry over $1000. John Witherow of Freedom Pa had the case dropped for want of evidence after identification doubts and a possible line up misidentification involving a state trooper. Other older indictments were moved to the stet docket. Edward James Thomas posted $500 bond on a desertion charge.
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Emmitsburg
John Witherow
Freedom
Jone
Witherow
St Anthony's
Mary D. Schaffer
Jesse E Stone
Roy Baugher
Louis Williams
Marty V. Wiles
Charles R. Stanley Alas
Andrew Miller
Frank Elmore
Walter Murrel
William E. Miss
Edward James Thomas
State pushing Gambrill Park toward top park status
Baltimore district reports progress at Gambrill State Park near Frederick as CCC crews stay through spring to finish water system and pavilions. A paved road to the 450 acre park and improvements including bridle paths and a caretaker’s house are pursued with local groups urging road paving to complete access to High Knob top.
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Baltimore
Gambrill State Park
Frederick
Karl E Pfeiffer
Civilian Conservation Corps
Washington, DCC
Robert Fechner
CCC
Pfeiffer
High Knob
State Department of Forestry
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
State Roads Commission
State roads funds in the red across sixteen counties
The State Roads Commission auditing department reports the fiscal year ends with sixteen counties finishing in the red in lateral roads funds. Frederick overdrawn by 25627 dollars and Washington by 33580 dollars, among others.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Washington
Court Of Honor Held By Boy Scouts In Maryland
The Francis Scott Key District Boy Scouts of America held a Court of Honor at the Maryland State School for the Deaf. Three earned First Class, three earned Star, and 12 received 25 merit badges. Dr Ig natives Bjorlee presided, Linn C. Drake presented badges and praised scouting values amid references to the Holland jamboree and a warning about European youth wearing daggers.
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Francis Scotc Key
Boy Scouts of America
Maryland State School
Drake
Holland
World Brotherhood
Europe
America
James Mullican
Charles Mullican
Jack Harley
Mackie van Pelt
Robert Davis
Roy Hiltmer Accepts Washington Position
Roy Al Hiltmer announced he will move to Capital to take a new role, with his four year term expiring December 1. The sheriff said he would start the new position on December 15 but did not disclose the job's nature.
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Roy AL Hiltmer
Washington
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Jan Strovy
Warsaw
Budapest
Hungary
Hyde Park
N Y
Cordell Hull
Bethel
Prague
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Edgar C. Viris Jr
van Horn
NEA Radiophoto
St. Anthony’s
Fears
C. C. Carty
C.E. Cline & Son
Gambrill Park
Colson
Mount’s
Park Ave
High School
Boy Scouts
Joseph Engelbrecht
Thomas Molesworth
Lawrence Shinnick
Carl Darner
Thomas Midlesworth
Ernest Spangler
David Rothenhoefer
Delphey
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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